Unnatural Causes (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #3) - Softcover

Book 3 of 14: Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries

James, P. D.

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Synopsis

Hoping for a peaceful vacation in Suffolk, Adam Dalgliesh encounters instead the mystery of a famous crime writer's body found handless and floating in a local vicar's boat

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Maurice Seton was a famous mystery writer -- but no murder from his imagination could equal the ghastliness of his own death. When his grotesquely mutilated corpse is found in a drifting dinghy, ripples of horror spread among his bizarre neighbours: the cruel and cynical drama critic, the celebrated recluse, the rakish young heir, the terrified woman waiting for her killer in a lonely house... It is up to Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh and his extraordinary aunt to discover the shocking truth about Seton's past -- before the plot takes another murderous turn.

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"P.D. James scores with understated humor, stately yet unpretentious prose, psychological insights ... plus, above all, fundamental warmth and wisdom in every line she writes." -- Kirkus Reviews

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